Ointment Jar with Lid

Object Name: 
Ointment Jar with Lid

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Object Name: 
Ointment Jar with Lid
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, MA, Cambridge
Accession Number: 
63.4.84
Dimensions: 
H: 2.5 cm, D: 6.3 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1866-1875
Credit Line: 
Gift of Louise S. Esterly
Web Description: 
The ointment jar is an example of the commercial wares made by the New England Glass Company. The container was sold to commercial customers who supplied the contents.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Esterly, Louise S., Source
Category: 
Early American
Color: 
white
Technique: 
opalescence
pressing
grinding
polishing
Material: 
glass
metal

Description

Primary Description: 
Opalescent glass; white metal; pressed. Cylindrical shape; ground and polished rim; row of diamonds between two rows of beading inside; plain circular base; circular metal lid with fine concentric circles on lid.

Publications (2)

Glass Bottles, Lamps & Other Objects (1983) pl. 181; BIB# 22375
American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1981) illustrated, p. 273, #1083; BIB# 30457